Social media users called out Noem's DHS, saying the image of the boat with apparent bags of drugs came from a 2024 operation reported by the Spanish newspaper El País. That investigation happened about 1,000 kilometers south of the Canary Islands.
This photo is from a drug bust that occurred in 2024, zero ties to the current situation,” according to a community note that was added as a fact-check for users, The Beast reports. “Photo is taken from the video attached in the article below.”
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Who controls Venezuela? Who controls the media there? Who is having their speed boats and submersibles full of drugs blown out of the water on their way to the US?
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